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Hahnemann University Hospital
Money
Philadelphia Business Journal

CEO outlines plan to save Hahnemann University Hospital

A decision on the future of Hahnemann University Hospital will likely be made within the next 30 to 45 days, according to the CEO of their parent company.

8 years ago

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen arrives to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 6, 2019, before the House Homeland Security Committee. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
National Interest
Politics & Policy
National Interest

Kirstjen Nielsen and the high cost of amoral servitude

Nielsen, whose resignation letter went public shortly after Trump tweeted a rote farewell, will forever be known as the face of the Trump regime's border brutality.

8 years ago

A NOAA satellite image of Hurricane Isabel taken on Sept. 10, 2003.
Down the Shore
Community

Experts offer hurricane season prediction but say ‘it only takes one’

The 2019 Atlantic hurricane season will possibly feature "slightly below" average activity, according to a prediction by atmospheric scientists. 

8 years ago

(Richard Vogel/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Slaying puts focus on ride-hailing safety, fake drivers

It's not just women who are at risk from fake ride-hailing drivers, he said. Men also have been robbed after getting into the wrong car.

8 years ago

Margaret McGriff (center), widow of jazz organist Jimmy McGriff, shares her trove of papers from her husband's career with Jack McCarthy and Suzanne Cloud of the Philadelphia Jazz Project. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Knocking on doors in search of Philadelphia’s jazz history

A pair of historians are hunting for artifacts for an archive of Philadelphia’s jazz history. They’re holding a scanning party to digitize bits of music history.

8 years ago

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Forty percent of Philadelphians — many of them with lower incomes — drink bottled water at home, so a coalition is promoting tap water to residents. (Phil Gregory/WHYY)
Community

Drink Philly Tap wants you to drink the city’s wooder

Forty percent of Philadelphians — many of them with lower incomes — drink bottled water at home, so a coalition is promoting tap water to residents.

8 years ago

An employee at the Coco Thai Bistro lays out some of the shop's new biodegradable products.  (Xavier Lopez for WHYY)
Community

Narberth businesses nixing plastic bags, straws as ban kicks in

Narberth Borough’s ban on plastic straws, mandated fee for plastic bags kick in April 17. Businesses are on board, but will have to pay more for eco-friendly alternatives.

8 years ago

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State representatives joined real estate professionals and district officials at Ridley High School in Delaware County to discuss the findings of the new report
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Real estate agents join the push for education funding in Pa.

The fight to boost education funding brings lots of people together — teachers, superintendents, politi ...

8 years ago

About 50 people attended a Spanish-language information session about Philadelphia's new municipal ID program at Holy Innocents Roman Catholic Church in North Philadelphia on Sunday, April 7, 2019. (Natalie Piserchio for WHYY)
Community

‘It’s for everyone:’ Philly tries to dispel worries about ID program in immigrant communities

“We want to make sure that in the streets, people don’t think that this is an ID only for immigrants,” ID program director Amy Eusebio told a crowd in North Philly.

8 years ago

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, left, listens to President Donald Trump, right, speaks to members of the media after Trump signed an executive order to end family separations, during an event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 20, 2018.
Politics & Policy

Kirstjen Nielsen resigns from post as Secretary of Homeland Security

President Donald Trump says he's accepted the resignation of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. Trump announced the resignation in a tweet on Sunday.

8 years ago

In this March 29, 2019, file photo, Pro-Brexit leave the European Union supporters wave flags in Parliament Square at the end of the final leg of the
Politics & Policy

U.K. holds out hope for Brexit compromise by Friday deadline

Cross-party talks to jumpstart plans for Brexit are expected to resume before the U.K.'s Friday deadline for leaving the European Union.

8 years ago

In this Friday, March 29, 2019 photo, a man smokes marijuana at a Spleef NYC canna-cocktail party in New York. As more states make it legal to smoke marijuana, some government officials, researchers and others worry what that might mean for one of the country's biggest public health successes: curbing cigarette smoking. (Mary Altaffer/AP Photo)
Science

Smoking pot vs. tobacco: What science says about lighting up

As more states legalize marijuana, some researchers worry about what that might mean for one of the country's biggest public health successes: curbing cigarette smoking.

8 years ago

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders and acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 2, 2019, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Chief of staff says Dems will ‘never’ see Trump tax returns

Mulvaney accused Democrats of engaging in a "political stunt" and wanting "attention" after Rep. Richard Neal, asked the IRS to provide six years of Trump's tax returns.

8 years ago

In this Tuesday, April 2, 2019 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu, center, is escorted by security guards during a visit to the Ha'tikva market in Tel Aviv. (Oded Balilt/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Netanyahu, challenger: 2 front-runners in Israel elections

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the favorite to win Israel's general election this week but he faces serious corruption charges and a stiff challenger.

8 years ago

Elba Hevia y Vaca, artistic director of Pasión y Arte Flamenco, previews her new show, “La Bolivianita
View Finders
Arts & Entertainment

New Flamenco performance in Philly challenges the art form to be ‘about women, for women’

Flamenco dancer, choreographer Elba Hevia y Vaca, a Bolivian immigrant, previews a new work in Philadelphia about womanhood and the culture of Flamenco.

8 years ago

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